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Selfish
Death is a homeless cat
Sleeping outside your door- hesitantly
Prowling on the porch, while
Searching for its ultimate owner.
It begs for leftovers,
Mewling in desperation -
Money pit heart
If I gave you the keys
Would you settle down in my money pit heart?
She’s a fixer-upper,
But you always loved the feeling of a hammer.
Together we’ll work these calloused hands –
Compose a home fit for the two of us. -
“You looked depressed with that slouched posture.”
When I straightened my posture-
Creating (and becoming) a statue as
The pinnacle of impeccable posture-
It seemed to be that I no longer
Held this deep-seated weight
On my once infamously slouched -
Episodes
A young-minded puppy that is full-grown
Bumping into the coffee tables
Knocking off picture frames and wine bottles
Unknowing of the damage
Until she steps on the glass
And the blood leaks from her paws -
leaking epics
I.
The crack in my ceiling idly opens to let Calypso’s
clueless hands reach for my body like a rag doll.
I’m handled with care despite my bedrock mold. -
A Request
"I do not wish to escape to myself, I wish to escape from myself."
- Allen Ginsberg (Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters)
do not dwell on my life.
when death licks
the last reminiscence
Loves
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After
“What happens beyond life?”
“What do you mean?”
“Like, after we die.”
“Well the point is that we don’t know.”
“But what do you think will happen?”
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"Alice, What is Special?"
This was inspired by Alice Duer Miller's "Are Women People"
“Alice, what is special?”
“Specialty is difference.”
“The difference of what?”
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Emily Dickinson and the Church
Written by Caroline, 12, Hanover, NH, submitted by Steven Glazer, Crossroads Academy
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A Letter I Can't Send
oh darling, you'll never understand why i did what i did. I don't think i ever will either. i held on as long as i could. i would've held on longer, if i could stand lying to you.
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And So I Refrain
she talks to me about the paper snowflakes she plans to make this weekend, and so i refrain from telling her that my bedroom has been decorated since the day after thanksgiving.
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